Cycloderma
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Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa. ==Species== The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species: Aubry's flapshell turtle – Cycloderma aubryi Zambezi flapshell turtle – Cycloderma frenatum Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae , from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae , from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya. Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cycloderma. ==References== ==Bibliography== ==Further reading== Peters W (1854). "Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schilkröten ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 215-216. (Cycloderma, new genus, p. 216). (in German and Latin).
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